statistics

Question

To gather data on a 1200 - acre pine forest in North Dakota, the U.S Forest Service laid a grid of 1410 equally spaced circular plots over a map of the forest. A ground survey visited a sample of 10% of the plots.

 

a) How would you label the plots to select an Simple Random Sampling?

Answer 1

I'd just label them plot number 1 through plot number 1410.  Then randomly select 10% of the plots, or 141, of them.